PMID- 37576664 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230815 IS - 2470-1343 (Electronic) IS - 2470-1343 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 31 DP - 2023 Aug 8 TI - Biocompatible Drug Delivery System Based on a MOF Platform for a Sustained and Controlled Release of the Poorly Soluble Drug Norfloxacin. PG - 28367-28375 LID - 10.1021/acsomega.3c02418 [doi] AB - Norfloxacin (NFX), an important antibacterial fluoroquinolone, is a class IV drug according to the biopharmaceutics classification system (BCS) and has low solubility and permeability issues. Such poor physicochemical properties of drug molecules lead to poor delivery and are of serious concern to the pharmaceutical industry for clinical development. We present here a conceptually new approach to deliver NFX, by loading the drug molecule on the porous platform of a biocompatible metal-organic framework (MOF), MIL-100(Fe). The loading of the drug on the MOF leading to NFX@MIL-100(Fe) was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), UV-visible spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analyses (TGA), and nitrogen adsorption studies. Controlled experiments resulted in the high loading of the drug molecule ( approximately 20 wt %) along with the desired sustained release. We could further control the release of norfloxacin by coating drug-loaded MIL-100(Fe) with PEG, PEGNFX@MIL-100(Fe). Both drug delivery systems (DDSs), NFX@MIL-100(Fe) and PEGNFX@MIL-100(Fe), were tested for their biocompatibility through toxicity studies. The DDSs are biocompatible and show insignificant cytotoxicity, as revealed by cell viability studies through the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. CI - (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society. FAU - Yadav, Preety AU - Yadav P AD - Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh 123031, Haryana, India. FAU - Kumari, Sarita AU - Kumari S AD - Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh 123031, Haryana, India. FAU - Yadav, Anand AU - Yadav A AD - Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh 123031, Haryana, India. FAU - Bhardwaj, Priya AU - Bhardwaj P AD - Department of Biochemistry, School of Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh 123031, Haryana, India. FAU - Maruthi, Mulaka AU - Maruthi M AD - Department of Biochemistry, School of Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh 123031, Haryana, India. FAU - Chakraborty, Anindita AU - Chakraborty A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5109-3890 AD - Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh 123031, Haryana, India. FAU - Kanoo, Prakash AU - Kanoo P AUID- ORCID: 0009-0009-0798-7964 AD - Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh 123031, Haryana, India. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230727 PL - United States TA - ACS Omega JT - ACS omega JID - 101691658 PMC - PMC10413448 COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interest. EDAT- 2023/08/14 06:42 MHDA- 2023/08/14 06:43 PMCR- 2023/07/27 CRDT- 2023/08/14 04:46 PHST- 2023/04/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/14 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/14 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/14 04:46 [entrez] PHST- 2023/07/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/acsomega.3c02418 [doi] PST - epublish SO - ACS Omega. 2023 Jul 27;8(31):28367-28375. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c02418. eCollection 2023 Aug 8.